Argentine President-elect’s economic transition team would include advisers Kulfas, Todesca: spokesman
Argentine President-elect Alberto Fernandez would include advisers Matias Kulfas and Cecilia Todesca in any economic transition team, a spokesman said on Wednesday, as markets watch for the make-up of the Peronist’s likely core economic team.
Police find 12 migrants alive in refrigerated truck in Belgium
Belgian police found 12 migrants alive in a refrigerated truck at a motorway parking area in northern Belgium on Wednesday after the driver alerted the authorities, a federal police spokeswoman said.
UAE withdraws its troops from Aden, hands control to Saudi Arabia
The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that its troops have left Yemen’s southern port of Aden and returned home, handing over control to Saudi Arabia which is leading an Arab military coalition engaged in Yemen.
Canada opposition party demands quick action from PM Trudeau’s minority government
A small Canadian opposition party which could help keep the new minority government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in power on Wednesday demanded quick action on two of its priorities.
PM Orban says joining TurkStream gas pipeline ‘the sooner the better’ for Hungary
Joining the TurkStream gas pipeline is a priority for Hungary, as it would open up an alternative supply route for Russian gas, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest.
Chile cancels APEC trade summit, climate gathering as Santiago burns
Chile withdrew on Wednesday as the host of an APEC summit next month at which the United States and China had been expected to sign a deal to ease trade tensions hurting the global economy, as raging street protests gripped the South American country.
At Lebanon shops, mills and petrol pumps, fears of supply crisis grow
When Yara Kabalan’s weekly coffee delivery arrived at her Beirut minimarket on Tuesday against the backdrop of nationwide protests that have shut banks, it was not business as usual.
Costa Rica defers to Chile, U.N. on rescheduling climate change summit
Costa Rica’s government said on Wednesday it defers to Chile, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and member states on how to proceed with the United Nations global climate change summit, COP25.
Syrian army, Turkish forces clash near border: state media
Syrian army troops clashed with Turkish forces near the border town of Ras al Ain on Wednesday, Syrian state media reported, as Ankara said it reserved the right to launch another cross-border offensive against the Kurdish YPG militia.
The spy who loved me? West German recalls Stasi manipulation, imprisonment
When Hans Schulze was imprisoned in Communist East Germany back in the 1980s, he never thought he’d ever return once he got out. But now he regularly unlocks his old cell door to show tourists what life was like in a jail run by the Stasi secret police…
